School Begins and New Students Arrive

"I saw it on TV!"

"You were amazing!!" A few boys ran over to Furuya at that moment and spoke excitedly.

Yet even that failed to interrupt Furuya's drowsiness.

"Kanemaru-kun!"

A familiar female voice rang out behind Kanemaru, who had been weeping over his miserable future.

"Yoshikawa?" Kanemaru turned around, tears still on his face.

"We ended up in the same class again!" Haruno said.

"Oh?... Oh!" Kanemaru nodded somewhat blankly.

"He fell asleep!"

"So cute!"

The girls surrounding Furuya let out a chorus of surprised cries.

"Furuya-kun looks like he's having a hard time being surrounded like that!

Ah!

With Sawamura-kun here, everything's fine!" Haruno watched Sawamura rescue Furuya and smiled gently.

It had to be said that, setting aside her usual clumsiness, Haruno truly was a lovely beauty.

"I wish I could get used to this class sooner too!

Come to think of it, my seat got surrounded too!" Haruno sighed.

Kanemaru, who had been watching her the whole time, was staring a little too intently.

"Well! I suppose this will do!" Kanemaru looked at Haruno with a slight blush, a faint smile on his lips.

Being in this class did not seem so bad after all!

However, Haruno's gaze had remained fixed on Sawamura...

Meanwhile, Kanemaru thought she was looking toward his seat, since it was in the same direction.

"Yo!" Sendou walked in and greeted them.

"Good morning!" Fumino smiled beside him.

"Sendou-kun!

Furuhashi-san!

You were assigned to this class too?" Haruno turned around and asked in surprise.

"Yep!" Fumino replied happily.

"Perfect! You absolutely have to help me figure something out about these two guys!" Kanemaru said.

"What are you talking about?

Teaching people is what I'm worst at, especially failing students who don't even want to study!!" Sendou, a delinquent student himself, decisively refused